GRE Word List
PHOENIX
a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period
The meaning of the word phoenix is a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |